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nelson391:
Found the forum and thought I would ask a few questions.

I am running XP. I read the artical about "hidden files" and was not happy. Anyone here that can share how to get rid of "hidden files" in XP?---

things such as Outlook Express mailings, OS DAT files, secret logs, etc? True DOS is not possible in XP from what I have read, so what now? What commands/formatting/executions need to be made to ensure my own privacy. I am now considering selling my current PC tpo obtain a MAC, so I need to clean my old PC out....I mean really clean it.

Thanks for any advice.

Refalm:
Before I can give you advice, can you tell me if you're running on a NTFS filesystem or FAT32?

solarflare:

quote:Originally posted by nelson391:
Found the forum and thought I would ask a few questions.

I am running XP. I read the artical about "hidden files" and was not happy. Anyone here that can share how to get rid of "hidden files" in XP?---

things such as Outlook Express mailings, OS DAT files, secret logs, etc? True DOS is not possible in XP from what I have read, so what now? What commands/formatting/executions need to be made to ensure my own privacy. I am now considering selling my current PC tpo obtain a MAC, so I need to clean my old PC out....I mean really clean it.

Thanks for any advice.
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I hate to say this mate but this site is NOT A WINDOWS HELP SITE!

It's a site that is for users who hate windows!

I think you should post your query on any of the hundreds of crappy windows sites on the internet.

Or do windows pc users dont help each other??

nelson391:
The system that I am running is NTFS. Thanks for any help.


Solar,
I am becoming more and more disgusted with MS by the day and the privacy issue I just read about does not impress me one little bit, nor do you.


I think you should rethink your tone, no one appreciates cockiness.

Refalm:
OK, download Knoppix.

Burn it on a CD.

Reboot while keeping the CD inside. It should load Linux from the CD, without changing your hard-disk in any way.

Right click on the hard-disk icon, and select "Make hda1 read" or something simular.

Now, delete all the stuff that The Riddler wrote in his article.

Back in Windows, start using Mozilla or Opera immediatly, and never start Outlook or Internet Explorer again!

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